2014
 Selected by Kansas City Royals in seventh round (213th overall) in 2014 MLB Draft
 Named to College World Series and Charlottesville Regional All-Tournament Teams
 Batted .327 (16-for-49) in NCAA tournament
 Was 8-for-27 (.296) in CWS and had hits in each of final five games
 Batted .357 (5-for-14) with pair of doubles, three RBI in CWS Finals
 Recorded pair of outfield assists in CWS, including critical throw to third base for first out of 12th inning in win over TCU (6/17)
 Was 6-for-13 (.462) in super regional
 Tied for seventh in ACC with seven home runs
 Hit 2-run homer against FSU in ACC tournament
 Cranked solo HR on first pitch of 10th inning in win at VCU (4/22)
 Hit decisive 2-run home run in 3-2 series-opening win against UNC (4/18); was 3-for-9 with three RBI in series
 Went 3-for-10 with two doubles and pair of RBI in Pitt series
 Went 3-for-5 with home run in Game 2 at Miami (3/23); 3-for-12 in series
 Started 59 consecutive games in center field, including 18 in 2014, before sitting out midweek games on March 19-20
 Hit two home runs off ECU ace Jeff Hoffman for his first career multi-HR game (2/21)
 Homered as part of three-hit day at William & Mary (2/19)

2013
 Started and played in 61 of UVa's 62 games, with 59 coming from cleanup slot in batting order
 Started 60 games in center field; also made six appearances, including one start, at catcher
 Was an extra-base hit machine, recording 37 extra-base hits (20 2B, 7 3B, 10 HR)
 Tied for sixth nationally in triples (7) and 10th in runs (67)
 Ranked first in ACC in triples, third in runs, fifth in total bases (144), sixth in doubles (20) and slugging (.569) and seventh in RBI (59) and home runs (10)
 In UVa single-season annals, he tied for third with seven triples, ranked third in runs, fifth in total bases, seventh with 20 doubles and ninth in RBI
 Team leader with 27 multiple-hit games and 80 hits
 Reached base safely in 55 of his 61 games
 Went 4-for-12 in NCAA regional; scored three times in championship game
 Was 2-for-13 in ACC tournament; hit solo home run in win over Georgia Tech (5/23)
 Was 5-for-16 with four RBI in UNC series; hit solo HR in game 2
 Was 6-for-14 with four RBI in Duke series
 Went 4-for-15 with two doubles, triple in Virginia Tech series
 Went 5-for-16 with three doubles, four RBI in Wake series
 Was 4-for-12 with five RBI in Miami series; hit homer and drove in career-high five runs in opener
 Was 3-for-10 in NC State series; homered in second game
 Also hit home runs against Saint Peter's, Toledo and George Washington

2012 Appeared in 34 games, starting 26 (four at DH, 21 in CF and one in RF) Started UVa's last 20 games (UVa was 15-5 in those games) Suffered broken hand March 6 after getting hit by pitch at James Madison, but returned April 4 for the next JMU game Recorded hits in 16 of last 21 games Had .419 on base percentage Made first career appearance against Coastal Carolina (2/18) Started first game of his career at DH in win against Monmouth, going 3-for-5 with two doubles, triple, three runs and four RBI (2/26) Doubled, tripled and drove in four runs at JMU (3/6) Went 3-for-3, including a double, with three runs off bench in final game against North Carolina (4/15) Had hits in all three games of Miami series (4/28-30); also scored four runs Went 3-for-7 with three RBI in GT series; hit first college HR in Game 1 Was 4-for-12 in Maryland series (5/17-19), with two hits in Games 1 and 3 Went 3-for-12 in ACC tournament, recording one hit in each of Virginia's three games (5/24-26) Had three hits in NCAA tournament opener against Army (6/1)

PREP Selected by Boston Red Sox in 43rd round of 2011 MLB Draft Holds seven school career records and three single-season records Finished one home run shy of state record with 15 home runs his junior year Won All-Division Award in 2010 Named to All-State First Team in 2010 Middlesex County Player of the Year in 2010 Awarded Best Athletic Performance in New Jersey by ESPN Rise Magazine Named 2011 Louisville Slugger Pre-Season High School All-American First Team by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Selected as New Jersey representative for Baseball's Best in all 50 States by Max PREP Named to Rawlings and Perfect Game USA Pre-Season All-Regional First Team in 2011 Named Rawlings Pre-Season Senior High School All-American in 2011 Named to Pre-Season National All American Second Team in 2011 Named to Pre-Season North East Regional First Team in 2011 Named one of ESPN Rise Magazine's April 2011 All-State Baseball Top-10 Positional Players UNICO National District X's 2011 Annual "Brian Piccolo Sports Award" in 2011 Great Middlesex Conferenced Scholar Athlete Award winner in 2011 Named to GMC All-White Division and All-Conference Teams in 2011 Named to All-Area First Team by Home News Tribune, Courier News and Star-Ledger in 2010 and 2011 New Jersey All-State Senior Game Selection in 2011 GMC All-Star in 2011 Named to All-District 2 First Team by National High School Baseball Coaches Only player to ever hit for the cycle in SPHS history Member of National Society of High School Scholars and a nominee for both People to People (2010) and National Young Leaders Conference (2009) Coached by Anthony Guida at SPHS Also played football for four years (QB/DB)

PERSONAL Parents are Michael and Kathleen Downes Hs a brother, Michael, and sister, Kelly Sister is senior on Drexel softball team